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Leigh Walton @leighwalton.bsky.social · 11h

It’s strongly informed by Catholicism and I don’t agree with all of its ideologies, but opera is a pretty Catholic art form across the board

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Leigh Walton @leighwalton.bsky.social · 11h

Disagree completely! It’s not a simple work but it deals with immensely rich themes about acceptance and choice. Choosing to engage with life instead of committing suicide, choosing to work on your marriage instead of abandoning it, choosing reality over fantasy, choosing to become a parent.

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Hannah Story Brown @hannahstoryb.bsky.social · 2d

@elienyc.bsky.social in @thenation.com: "American democracy cannot survive the Supreme Court’s attacks on the Voting Rights Act, because American democracy did not really exist before the Voting Rights Act. White rule existed. And that is what this court wants to return us to with this case."

The Supreme Court v. Democracy

The Nation’s justice correspondent previews the court’s coming term—and explains why it will never stand up to Trump.

www.thenation.com

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Nate Powell @natepowell.bsky.social · 17h

Iron Giant commission! This was a joy to make, conjuring vivid memories of many New England autumns in my young adulthood. 🍂

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Silky @silkyweineck.bsky.social · 1d

this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.

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Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social · 1d

"much of Trump’s effort to extend his authority across the whole of American society depends on more or less voluntary compliance from civil society and various institutions outside of government. And that, in turn, rests on the idea that Trump is the authentic tribune of the people."

Opinion | Republicans Know How Vulnerable Trump Is. The Attacks on No Kings Prove It.

www.nytimes.com

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jade 🫀 comms closed @yellghoul.bsky.social · May 18

going downriver to find the last giant 💀✨

illustration of two kids and a tiger walking through a dense forest. the forest is littered with the bones of dead giants. illustration has a border featuring various greenery, wispy monsters, a shooting star, and a water lily

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Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social · 1d

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Mr. Scare-enheit @mrfahrenheit.bsky.social · 2d

Wikipedia Volunteers Avert Tragedy by Taking Down Gunman at Conference

After the man walked onto the stage at the “Wiki World’s Fair” event and threatened to kill himself, witnesses said, two members of the audience jumped in to stop him.

Wikipedia Volunteers Avert Tragedy by Taking Down Gunman at Conference

www.nytimes.com

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 2d

We are not fighting what we hate, we are fighting to save what we love

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Erin L. Thompson @artcrimeprof.bsky.social · 2d

Photo from a review of the exhibition that opens on the 23rd: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Breathtaking, unsettling, healing: a new exhibit by Black US artists transforms Confederate monuments

The sweeping exhibition Monuments opens in Los Angeles on 23 October and is on view through May

www.theguardian.com

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Erin L. Thompson @artcrimeprof.bsky.social · 2d

Holy crap Kara Walker chopped up a Stonewall Jackson statue and revealed a monster

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Pam Wishbow @pamwishbow.bsky.social · 2d

I've been watching a lot of overconsumption coverage from people and one thing I keep seeing reiterated is a very familiar shift from shopping as a hobby to finding a hobby. My tip, as someone who is somewhat familiar with this transition, is finding joy in limiting yourself.

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Kristen Haas Curtis @hellomizk.bsky.social · Sep 8

SO EXCITED TO SHARE THIS! Announcing the Newberry Medieval Minicomic Prize: two juried mini-grants of $250.00 each to support emerging artists l for the creation of a new minicomic that engages with medieval culture. More details available here:
www.newberry.org/calendar/new...

Newberry Medieval Minicomic Prize

Juried mini-grants for emerging comic artists interested in engaging with medieval culture.

www.newberry.org

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Leigh Walton @leighwalton.bsky.social · 2d

A screenshot of a video terminal at the Harpers Ferry National Historic Site, where a screen that’s intended to display John Brown’s journey to the HF raid (complete with a map of the US and a photo of John Brown) is overlaid with a Windows error message saying:

An Error Occurred:
Not enough memory available for attempted operation

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Jessica Ritchey @jmritchey.bsky.social · 3d

If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not."

Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 3d

John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry began on this day in 1859.

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Dr. Carol Tilley 🏳️‍🌈 @anuncivilphd.bsky.social · 3d

Goodnight, friends.

A song for you tonight: a lovely cover of Neil Young’s “After the Gold Rush” by Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton, and Linda Ronstadt. I hope you rest well.

I love you.

Harris, Parton, Ronstadt on Late Show, March 24, 1999 (full, stereo)

YouTube video by Don Giller

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Leigh Walton @leighwalton.bsky.social · 3d

MAMDANI to CUOMO: “What I lack in experience, I make up for in integrity. What you lack in integrity, you could never make up for in experience.”

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Leigh Walton @leighwalton.bsky.social · 3d

…end you call zis… Fountains of Wheyne. Who is zis Wheyne, my son, and what liquid gushes forrth from hiss Fountains? Are they fountains of blood

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Leigh Walton @leighwalton.bsky.social · 3d

Maybe Herzog is in the market for one

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Leigh Walton @leighwalton.bsky.social · 3d

I don’t think you’re ready for this jelly

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Leigh Walton @leighwalton.bsky.social · 3d

Have you tried being the son of a famous film director?

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Leigh Walton @leighwalton.bsky.social · 3d

In his fourth novel, Cat’s Cradle (1963), which is terrific and which I recommend to anybody

Cover to the first edition of Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut

Cover to a recent Penguin UK edition of Cat’s Cradle (ISBN 9780241467985), issued as part of the Penguin Science Fiction series under art director Jim Stoddart.

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Tamara Keel, but spooky @tamslick.bsky.social · 3d

Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale

Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus

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Stellaween? @antlervel.vet · 3d

The world is so filled with beauty and wonder and I feel very strongly both that it should be a kinder place to live in and that it is within our power to make it as such

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